Hyderabad, June 5 -- Telangana Irrigation and Civil Supplies Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy has announced that paddy procurement during the current Rabi marking season has crossed 71.5 lakh tonne, and that a total of 75 lakh tonne paddy will be procured by the end of the season.

Addressing a press conference along with Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy at the conclusion of an extensive two-day inspection tour of irrigation projects across the Palamuru region on Friday, June 5, Uttam Kumar Reddy said that Telangana has recorded the highest paddy production and procurement levels in its history under the Congress government.

Describing it as a national record, he said Telangana alone accounted for nearly 60 percent of India's total Rabi paddy ...